Ötzi’s last supper: mummified hunter's final meal revealed
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#3TS27)
Scientists say iceman ate 'horrible-tasting' high-fat meal of ibex before his murder 5,300 years ago
i-tzi the iceman filled his belly with fat before he set out on the ill-fated hunting trip that ended with his bloody death on a glacier in the eastern Alps 5,300 years ago, scientists say.
The first in-depth analysis of the hunter's stomach contents reveal that half of his last meal consisted of animal fat, primarily from a wild goat species known as the Alpine ibex.
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